vesica | (noun) a distensible membranous sac (usually containing liquid or gas) | Synonyms: bladder |
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vesical | (adjective) of or relating to a bladder (especially the urinary bladder) | - |
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vesicant | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicatory |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicatory |
vesicate | (verb) get blistered | Synonyms: blister |
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vesication | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesiculation |
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vesicatory | (adjective) causing blisters | Synonyms: vesicant |
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(noun) a chemical agent that causes blistering (especially mustard gas) | Synonyms: vesicant |
vesicle | (noun) a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid) | Synonyms: cyst |
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vesicopapule | (noun) a papule that changes into a blister | Synonyms: papulovesicle |
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vesicular | (adjective) of or relating to or involving vesicles | - |
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vesiculate | (verb) cause to become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
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(verb) become vesicular or full of air cells | - |
vesiculation | (noun) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin | Synonyms: blistering, vesication |
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vesiculitis | (noun) inflammation of a seminal vesicle (usually in conjunction with prostatitis) | - |
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vesiculovirus | (noun) an animal virus that causes vesicular stomatitis | - |
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vesper | (noun) a late afternoon or evening worship service | - |
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vespers | (noun) the sixth of the seven canonical hours of the divine office; early evening; now often made a public service on Sundays | Synonyms: evensong |
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vespertilionid | (noun) a variety of carnivorous bat | Synonyms: vespertilian bat |
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vespid | (noun) mostly social nest-building wasps | Synonyms: vespid wasp |
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vessel | (noun) a craft designed for water transportation | Synonyms: watercraft |
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(noun) an object used as a container (especially for liquids) | - |
(noun) a tube in which a body fluid circulates | Synonyms: vas |
vest | (noun) a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body | Synonyms: singlet, undershirt |
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(noun) a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat | Synonyms: waistcoat |
(verb) clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes | Synonyms: robe |
(verb) clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments | - |
(verb) place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons | - |
(verb) become legally vested | - |
(verb) provide with power and authority | Synonyms: enthrone, invest |
vestal | (adjective) of or relating to Vesta | - |
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(adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous |
(noun) a chaste woman | - |
vested | (adjective) fixed and absolute and without contingency | - |
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vestiary | (adjective) relating to clothing (especially vestments) | - |
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vestibular | (adjective) relating to the sense of equilibrium | - |
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vestibule | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby |
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(noun) any of various bodily cavities leading to another cavity (as of the ear or vagina) | - |
vestige | (noun) an indication that something has been present | Synonyms: shadow, tincture, trace |
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vestigial | (adjective) not fully developed in mature animals | Synonyms: rudimentary |
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vestiture | (noun) an archaic term for clothing | - |
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vestment | (noun) gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy | - |
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vestmental | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a vestment | - |
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vestmented | (adjective) dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment | - |
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vestry | (noun) a room in a church where sacred vessels and vestments are kept or meetings are held | Synonyms: sacristy |
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(noun) in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church | - |
vestryman | (noun) a man who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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vestrywoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a church vestry | - |
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vesture | (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, wear, wearable |
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(noun) something that covers or cloaks like a garment | - |
(verb) provide or cover with a cloak | - |
vesuvian | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvianite |
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vesuvianite | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: idocrase, vesuvian |
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